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Nov 16, 2020 · Dexter Manley was so addicted to drugs, he sold his Super Bowl ring from 1983 to buy cocaine. He was in a deep, dark place where he needed drugs and would do almost anything to get them. “I didn’t want to give up my Super Bowl ring to drug addiction,” he once told The Oklahoman.
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Jan 27, 2014 · But Dexter Manley knows exactly who to blame for the fact he didn’t have his Super Bowl ring for 10 years: himself. In 1983, Manley was a budding star defensive end for the Washington...
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Dexter Keith Manley (born February 2, 1959) is an American former professional football player who was a defensive end in the National Football League (NFL), primarily with the Washington Redskins. He also played for the Phoenix Cardinals and Tampa Bay Buccaneers , as well as in the Canadian Football League (CFL) for the Ottawa Rough Riders .
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- Overcoming A Rough Childhood
- Oklahoma State Bound
- Mr. Manley Goes to Washington
- Giving Into Temptations
- Turning A Weakness Into An Inspiration
Dexter Keith Manley was born on Feb. 2, 1959 in Houston, Texas to Jewellean and Carl Manley. He was one of four children, the others being his brothers Reggie and Gregory and his sister Cynthia. As a young child, Manley struggled to learn how to read. Many young children have challenges in that area, but for Manley, learning to read at an age-appro...
At Oklahoma State, Manley would have the good fortune of playing under head coach Jimmy Johnson, who years later would go on to guide the Dallas Cowboys to back-to-back Super Bowl championships. But in college, Johnson didn’t play Manley much, and supposedly, the coaching staff didn’t think too much of him. According to Manley, one day the coaching...
Manley felt that he would be a first-round draft pick, but instead, he fell to the fifth round, where the Redskins took him with the 119th overall pick. At the time, they were struggling, but the winds of change were already starting to blow. They had a solid quarterback named Joe Theismann, as well as a young wide receiver named Art Monk, who woul...
In the 1980s, illegal drug abuse was a problem throughout professional sports, and the NFL was no exception. Of particular concern was cocaine, a substance that had become something of a status symbol by the start of the decade. During his rookie season, Manley was turned onto the stimulant by one of his teammates. That teammate told Manley he was ...
Throughout his NFL career, Manley continued to have problems reading at an age-appropriate level. But no one knew how bad it was until late in his time with the Redskins. Oddly enough, it was one of the most gruesome incidents in NFL history that led him to admit his deep personal secret. He witnessed Theismann’s career-ending in 1985 when Lawrence...
Feb 5, 2010 · Johnny Hanson/Chronicle. Troubled football great Dexter Manley once pawned his 1983 Super Bowl ring to buy cocaine. This week, while in Miami for Sunday's Super Bowl, the man nicknamed the ...
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Dec 11, 2016 · Dexter Manley, former Defensive End for the Washington Redskins, was nicknamed football’s “Secretary of Defense” in 1986 by a top government official. Listen in to Dexter tell Andy O the story about how he received the nickname and from whom. Andy says of Dexter Manley, “for many years a legend in the city of Washington.
Feb 5, 2010 · February 5, 2010, 1:54 pm CST. Lawyer John O’Quinn hired Dexter Manley in 1998 and paid $15,000 a year later to retrieve the former football player’s Super Bowl Ring. After O’Quinn’s death,...
